CONSUMER SERVICES

Clarke County

ASHCROFT FARM
Beverley and Hugh Heclo
751 Kitchen Lane, Box 220, White Post, VA 22663
540.837.1240
E-mail: ctrees@ashcroftfarm.com

Directions:  From Winchester, Route 50 east, cross the Opequon; take next right on Gun Barrel Road (Route 644); go 3/4 mile and turn right on Kitchen Lane.  Farm is 3/4 mile down that lane.  From metro D.C. area, 25 miles west of Middleburg.  After crossing Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River, go approximately 7 miles to intersection of Route 50 and Route 340 (stoplight).  Stay on Route 50 west for 1 mile and take first left on Gun Barrel Road (Route 644); go 3/4 mile and turn right on Kitchen Lane.  Farm is 3/4 mile at end of Kitchen Lane.
Hours:  10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Friday-Sunday (call for appointment at other times).  Open Friday after Thanksgiving until Sunday before Christmas.
Products:  Premium hand-sheared Christmas trees, wreaths and pine roping for the home and office.  Choose-and-cut:  White, Austrian and Scotch pine, Colorado blue spruce, and Norway spruce, Concolor (silver) fir and Douglas fir. House and apartment sizes (3-10 ft.) as well as larger well-shaped trees suitable for offices, showrooms, schools, and cathedral ceilings.  Mixed evergreen wreaths and white pine roping made fresh daily.  Estate-sized wreaths (approx. 4 ft. in diameter) and roping (50 yards plus) must be ordered in advance of pick-up.  Live trees:  A limited supply of containerized (2-3 ft.) and balled and burlapped (4-5 ft.) trees will be available.  Species included are Serbian spruce, Nordmann fir, Numedica (Algerian) fir, Bornmuller (Turkish) fir, Colorado blue spruce and Douglas fir.  Fresh-cut trees:  Frazer and Canaan fir. 
Services:   You choose, we cut and help load with baling and twine provided.  Free hot and cold cider.  Car too small?  Tree delivery may be arranged for an extra charge.
Prices:  Call or e-mail for prices.
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OAKLAND ORCHARD
Elizabeth and Peter Cook
U.S. Route 340 North, Berryville, VA 22611
540.955.4495 (Phone & Fax)
800.727.9627 (XMAS)
E-mail:  PJCook2000@yahoo.com

Directions:  From Northern Virginia, take Virginia Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) west over Blue Ridge Mountains.  Route 7 intersects with U.S. Route 340 at Berryville.  Farm is on U.S. Route 340, 4 miles north of Berryville, 1/2 mile south of Virginia/West Virginia line.
Hours:  9 a.m.-5 p.m., daily, Friday after Thanksgiving weekend through December 23.
Products:  Choose-and-cut - specializing in Canaan fir, Douglas fir, white pine, Norway spruce; also Concolor fir, blue spruce, Scotch pine, Leyland cyprus.  All sizes (3 ft.-10 ft.).  Live trees, balled and burlapped, ready to plant - blue spruce, Canaan fir.  Fresh-cut trees - Fraser fir to 11 ft.; Douglas fir to 10 ft.; Concolor fir to 9 ft.
Services:  Easy access from four lane highway, ample parking, restroom.  Free hot mulled cider.  Free hayrides for everyone.  You choose and cut.  Tagging permitted.  Baling, plenty of twine.  Shaker removes dead needles from trees.  Saws provided.  Free coloring books for children.  Santa’s Shop, in heated historic bank barn, has pine roping, evergreen wreaths, tree stands, ribbon and bows, ornaments and decorations, a large children’s book selection, and much, much more.  Feed the animals on our goat skywalk!
Prices:  Choose and cut Leyland cypress, $3 per ft.; white pine and Scotch pine, $4.50 per ft.; Norway spruce, Douglas fir, and Concolor fir, $6 per ft.; Canaan fir and blue spruce, $7.50 per ft.  Call for prices of live trees, retail lot fresh-cut trees and wholesale quantities.
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SIPE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM
Joe Sipe, Jr.
1231 Berry’s Ferry Road, White Post, VA 22663
540.837.1496

Directions:  One mile east of White Post on Route 628.  Easy access from D.C. area on Routes 50 and 66.  About mid-point between Front Royal and Winchester.
Hours:  8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., daily, beginning the day after Thanksgiving–December   24.  No pets allowed.
Products:  You choose, we cut (no saws allowed) white pine, Scotch pine, and red pine up to 12 ft.  Thousands of trees to choose from.  Pre-cut Fraser firs available.
Services:  Christmas shop with wreaths, roping, tree stands, and other assorted Christmas items.  Honey, cider, apple butter, country hams, and candy are  also available.
Prices:  All pines, $3.50 per foot.  Prices for pre-cut Fraser fir vary. 
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